Veterinary appliance.



No. 832,704. PATENTED OCT. 9, 1906. N. STALKER.

VETERINARY APPLIANCE.

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VETERINARY APPLIANCE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 9, 1906.

Application filed September 13,1905. Serial No. 278,221.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, NEIL STALKER, a citi-' zen of the United States,residing at WVest Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State ofConnecticut, have invented a new and useful Veterinary Appliance, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device which is designed to be applied tohighly-trained and finely-bred stallions for the purpose of preventingthe impairment of their vitality.

The object of the invention is to provide a cheap, cleanly, andconvenient device of this nature which when applied will not injure thehorse, but will efficiently treat him when occasion requires.

The embodiment of the invention that is illustrated by the accompanyingdrawings has a somewhat flexible shield that is adapted to be secured toa horse by a strap or surcingle and which is provided with means thatwill give the animal an electrical treatment when needed, as moreparticularly hereinafter described.

Figure 1 of the drawings shows a device applied to a horse. Fig. 2 showsa bottom view of the pad with the protectingcover cut away and thenetting pocket omitted, but with the position of the pocket indicated bydotted lines. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the pad on the planeindicated by theline 3 3 on Fig. 2. Fig. 4 shows a bottom view of amodified form of the pad without the cover and pocket.

The horseshoe-shaped shield 1 is preferably made of one or more plies ofleather, al though, if desired, it Ina be constructed of webbing orother materia Surcingle-straps 2, preferably formed of webbing, withcommon buckle parts, are stitched or riveted to the shield, so that itmaybe secured to a horse.

A pocket 3, referably formed of a chain net, is attached to the shieldso as to hang below the opening. This pocket could, if desired, beformed of cords or of leather or canvas. The chain net, however, ispreferred for the reason that it is easily cleaned.

In the form of the invention first illustrated there are attached to theunder side of the shield in front of the opening a pair of flexiblemetallic plates 4. These plates are preferably arranged so as toconverge, and the near est ends are left free, so that they may besprung from each other. Attached to the under side of the shield infront of one plate is a dry battery 5. One terminal of the battery isconnected with one terminal of an inductioncoil 6, and the otherterminal of the battery is connected with a spring-finger 7, whichengages one of the plates and is adapted when the plate is sprungforwardly to engage the other terminal of the induction-coil. One end ofthe secondary winding of the induction-coil is connected with oneflexible plate, and the other end is connected with the other plate.These parts are protected by a cover 8, that is attached to the shieldand is only open back of the flexible plates. When the horse becomesunduly excited and presses the flexible plates in such manner as tospring them forwardly and close the circuit, the organ which presses theplates and closes the circuit is treated by the current of electricity,which passes from one late to the other.

In the second form 0' the invention shown a single flexible plate 9 isarranged on the lower part of the shield in front of the opening. Thisplate is connected with one end of the secondary winding of theinduction-coil 10, the other end of which winding is connected with aplate 11, attached to the surcingle in such manner as to lie against theside of the horse when the apparatus is in place. Carried by theflexible plate, but insulated therefrom, is a plate 12, that is adaptedto be engaged with contacts 13 and 14. One of these contacts isconnected with one terminal of a dry battery 15, and the other contactis connected with a winding on the inductioncoil, which winding isconnected with the other terminal of the battery. When the flexibleplate is pressed forwardly, connection is made between the contacts 13and 14, and a circuit is closed through the battery and induction-coil,which establishes a current in the circuit between the plate attached tothe surcingle and the flexible plate, part of which is through the bodyof the horse and the organ which closes the circuit. When the pressureis relieved from the flexible plate, it springs away from the contactsand opens the circuit, ending the treatment. A stra 16 may be employedfor removably hplding the battery and induction-coil in ace.

p The invention claimed is 1. A veterinary appliance having a shield,means for attaching the shield to a horse, a pocket depending from theshield, a battery secured to the shield, an induction-coil secured tothe shield, a plate at the front end ICS cured to the shield, a plate atthe front end of the pocket and adapted when pressed to close anelectrical circuit, a cover attached to the shield, and Wires connectingthe plate and the battery and induction-coil, substantially asspecified.

3. A veterinary appliance having a shield,

straps for attaching the shield to a horse, a

pocket depending from the shield, a battery, "an nduction-coil, a strapsecuring the battery and the induction-coilto the shield, a flexibleplate'attached to the shield in front of the pocket, a plate attached toone of the straps, 1 and Wires connecting the flexible late,'thebattery, induction-coil and strapplate, whereby When the flexible lateis pressed a circuit is com leted from t e late on the strap to thefiexi le plate throug the 'part that aipplies the pressure,substantially as specific NEIL STALKER. Witnesses:

HARRY R. WILLIAMs, ETHEL M. LOWE.

